Dr. S. Karthikeyan
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Dr. S. Karthikeyan

Professor
VIT University, India


Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Electroless Composite Coatings from Alagappa University, India

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Biography

Dr. S. Karthikeyan is currently working as Professor at Manufacturing Division, School of Mechanical and Building Sciences, VIT University, Vellore, India. His area of interest related to Electrochemical Engineering such as Corrosion, Industrial Metal finishing, Batteries, Surface Engineering. His area of expertise includes Corrosion Inhibition, Rapid Prototyping, Electro-deposition, Electroless deposition, PVD, CVD Coatings, Concrete Corrosion, Organic Coatings, and Surface Engineering. He has published 94 articles in national and international journals 18 papers in conferences and 1 book. He is also serving as reviewer in number of international journals. He supervised 2 PhD students and 2 PhD students currently in his supervision.

Area of Interest:

Physical Science Engineering
100%
Electrochemical Engineering
62%
Corrosion
90%
Industrial Metal Finishing
75%
Surface Engineering
55%

Research Publications in Numbers

Books
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Chapters
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Selected Publications

  1. Karthikeyan, S., P.A. Jeeva, R. Dinakaran and S. Narayanan, 2017. The inhibitive action of eco-friendly compound on the corrosion of mild steel in brine water. J. Corrosion Sci. Eng., 20: 1-12.
  2. Karthikeyan, S., P.A. Jeeva and K. Raja, 2017. Retardation of stainless steel 314 dissolution in acidic medium. J. Corrosion Sci. Eng., 20: 1-12.
  3. Karthikeyan, S., P.A. Jeeva and G. Sundaramali, 2017. Hydrogen permeation studies on the corrosion of stainless steel in acid medium using an eco-friendly inhibitor. J. Corrosion Sci. Eng., 20: 1-10.
  4. Sundaramali, G., P.A. Jeeva and S. Karthikeyan, 2016. Surface properties of Pressure Die Cast (PDC) AL 7075 using laser texturing and electrodeposition zinc-nickel alloy coatings. Int. J. ChemTech Res., 9: 707-711.
  5. Prasad, R.D., K.V. Kumar and P.A. Jeeva, 2016. Systematic layout planning and balancing of engine production processes for after test and after paint assembly lines. Int. J. Vehicle Struct. Syst., 8: 41-44.
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  6. Karthikeyan, S., P.A. Jeeva and K. Raja, 2016. Studies on the reduced dissolution of stainless steel in industry environment: A laboratory approach. Int. J. ChemTech Res., 9: 550-555.
  7. Karthikeyan, S. and P.A. Jeeva, 2016. An eco-friendly study on the controlled dissolution of mild steel in acidic medium. Der Pharma Chemica, 8: 118-126.
  8. Jeeva, P.A., S. Narayanan and S. Karthikeyan, 2016. A review on black coatings for solar energy storaging systems. Int. J. ChemTech Res., 9: 589-596.
  9. Jeeva, P.A., S. Karthikeyan and X. Hu, 2016. The influence of an environmentally friendly inhibitor on the corrosion of mild steel in saline water. J. Corrosion Sci. Eng., Vol. 19. .
  10. Jeeva, P.A. and S. Karthikeyan, 2016. Green inhibition of corrosion of mild steel in acid medium. J. Corrosion Sci. Eng., Vol. 19. .
  11. Balan, A.S.S., P.A. Jeeva, K. Raja and S. Karthikeyan, 2016. Quantum mechanical and acceleration studies of autocatalytic coating process. Int. J. ChemTech Res., 9: 657-662.
  12. Raja, K., P.A. Jeeva and S. Karthikeyan, 2015. Reduction of hydrogen embrittlement and green inhibition of stainless steel pipes in acid environment. Int. J. ChemTech Res., 7: 2425-2431.
  13. Raja, K., P.A. Jeeva and S. Karthikeyan, 2015. Quantum mechanical investigations for auto catalytic copper plating process. Int. J. ChemTech Res., 7: 2432-2438.
  14. Lakshmi, N.V., S. Karthikeyan, P.A. Jeeva, M. Paramasivam and S. Narayanan, 2015. The influence of an eco-friendly antibiotic as anti-scalant and inhibitor for steel in gypsum solution and brine water. Desal. Water Treat., 56: 839-847.
  15. Karthikeyan, S., P.A. Jeeva, K. Raja and M. Paramasivam, 2015. Studies on the reduction of mild steel corrosion and hydrogen permeation in acidic media. J. Corros. Sci. Eng., Vol. 18. .
  16. Karthikeyan, S., P.A. Jeeva and K. Raja, 2015. Quantum mechanical and hydrogen permeation studies on the corrosion of stainless steel in acid medium using a novel inhibitor. Der Pharmacia Lett., 7: 22-26.
  17. Karthikeyan, S., P.A. Jeeva and K. Raja, 2015. Dicloxacillin: An effective retarder for steel dissolution in acid medium. Int. J. ChemTech Res., 8: 1391-1395.
  18. Karthikeyan, S., M.A. Xavior, P.A. Jeeva and K. Raja, 2015. A green approach on the corrosion studiesof al-siccomposites in sea water. Int. J. ChemTech Res., 8: 1109-1113.
  19. Karthikeyan, S., K. Raja, A. Balan and P.A. Jeeva, 2015. Corrosion studies of copper powder coated mild steel parts in salt water. J. Corros. Sci. Eng., Vol. 18. .
  20. Karthikeyan, S. and P.A. Jeeva, 2015. Quantum mechanical and corrosion studies of electrochemically oxidized aluminium surfaces. J. Corros. Sci. Eng., 18: 1-7.
  21. Harish, E.L., S. Karthikeyan and S.K. Sekar, 2015. Corrosion inhibition of reinforcing steel in simulated concrete pore solution: An ecofriendly approach. Int. J. ChemTech Res., 7: 2003-2006.
  22. Hareesh, P., S. Karthikeyan, K. Raja and P.A. Jeeva, 2015. Performance characteristics of electroless Ni-P-Cu and Ni-P-Cu-pvp composite coatings. Int. J. Applied Eng. Res., 10: 28447-28454.
  23. Umasankar, V., S. Karthikeyan and M.A. Xavior, 2014. The influence of electroless nickel coated SiC on the interface strength and microhardness of aluminium composites. J. Mater. Environ. Sci., 5: 153-158.
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  24. Umasankar, V., M.A. Xavior and S. Karthikeyan, 2014. Experimental evaluation of the influence of processing parameters on the mechanical properties of SiC particle reinforced AA6061 aluminium alloy matrix composite by powder processing. J. Alloys Compounds, 582: 380-386.
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  25. Sundaramali, G., P.A. Jeeva and S. Karthikeyan, 2014. Electrochemical and quantum mechanical aspects of electroless copper plating process. Int. J. ChemTech Res., 6: 80-86.
  26. Sundaramali, G., A.K. Jeevanandham, P.A. Jeeva and S. Karthikeyan, 2014. Metallization of fly ash particles using electroless cobalt plating process. Int. J. ChemTech Res., 6: 604-608.
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  27. Sappani, H.K. and S. Karthikeyan, 2014. 4-chloro-2-((furan-2-ylmethyl) amino)-5-sulfamoylbenzoic acid (FSM) and N-(isopropylcarbamoyl)-4-(m -tolylamino) pyridine-3-sulfonamide (TSM) as potential inhibitors for mild steel corrosion in 1 N H2SO4 medium, Part I. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 53: 3415-3425.
  28. Raja, K., C.D. Naiju, S. Narayanan, P.A. Jeeva and S. Karthikeyan, 2014. Corrosion and hardness characteristics of metalized ABS plastics prepared by FDM rapid prototyping process. J. Corros. Sci. Eng., Vol. 17. .
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  29. Mohanam, K., G. Venkatachalam, S. Karthikeyan and P.A. Jeeva, 2014. The influence of cobalt coating on corrosion and functional properties of mild steel in 3.5% NaCL. J. Corros. Sci. Eng., Vol. 17. .
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  30. Mari, T., P.A. Jeeva, W.H. Vincent, G. Kannan and S. Karthikeyan, 2014. Hardness and corrosion resistance characteristics of trivalent chromium electrodeposition-an eco friendly process. J. Corros. Sci. Eng., Vol. 17. .
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  31. Lakshmi, N.V., S. Karthikeyan and N. Arivazhagan, 2014. Controlled dissolution of aluminum 2024 in acidic medium. J. Corros. Sci. Eng., Vol. 17. .
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  32. Lakshmi, N.V., S. Karthikeyan and N. Arivazhagan, 2014. Azithromycin: A potential corrosion inhibitor for aluminum 2024 in acidic medium. J. Corros. Sci. Eng., Vol. 17. .
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  33. Lakshmi, N.V., P.A. Jeeva and S. Karthikeyan, 2014. Corrosion and hydrogen permeation investigations of stainless steel 304 in acidic solutions. J. Corros. Sci. Eng., Vol. 17. .
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  34. Kumar, A.S., G. Venkatachalam, S. Karthikeyan and P.A. Jeeva, 2014. Corrosion, tensile and hardness studies of autocatalytic nickel coating on Al 2024. J. Corros. Sci. Eng., Vol. 17. .
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  35. Karthikeyan, S., P.A. Jeeva and S. Narayanan, 2014. Inhibition performance of tobramycin on the dissolution of stainless steel 304 and ingress of hydrogen gas in acid medium. J. Corros. Sci. Eng., Vol. 17. .
  36. Karthikeyan, S., P.A. Jeeva and M. Paramasivam, 2014. The influence of Sulfalene drug (SFL) on the corrosion and hydrogen permeation through stainless steel 304 in 5% NaCl-part I. J. Corros. Sci. Eng., Vol. 17. .
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  37. Karthikeyan, S., N.V. Lakshmi, P.A. Jeeva, M. Paramasivam and S. Narayanan, 2014. The influence of an eco-friendly antibiotic as anti-scalant and inhibitor for steel in gypsum solution and brine water. Desalination Water Treat. 10.1080/19443994.2014.942702.
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  38. Kanish, T.C., P. Kuppan, S. Narayanan and S. Karthikeyan, 2014. Corrosion resistance studies of SS316L surface generated by magnetic field assisted abrasive finishing. J. Corros. Sci. Eng., Vol. 17. .
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  39. Jeeva, P.A., S. Karthikeyan and S. Narayanan, 2014. Influence of heat treatment on surface morphology, hardness, wear and corrosion resistance of industrial phosphate coatings. Int. Heat Treat. Surf. Eng., 8: 130-136.
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  40. Venkatachalam, G., S. Karthikeyan, M. Hitharth, K. Sumanjeet and S. Narayanan, 2013. Formulation of novel electroless plating process for Cu and Cu-P alloys. Int. J. ChemTech Res., 5: 237-245.
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  41. Umasankar, V., S. Karthikeyan and M.A. Xavior, 2013. Enhancing the interphase strength of aluminium composite by autocatalytic process. Int. J. ChemTech Res., 5: 2165-2172.
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  42. Umasankar, V., S. Karthikeyan and M.A. Xavier, 2013. The retardation of dissolution of Al-SiC composites in acidic medium-A green approach. J. Corros. Sci. Eng., Vol. 16. .
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  43. Umasankar, V., S. Karthikeyan and M. A. Xavier, 2013. A novel inhibition of corrosion of Al-SiC composites in acidic medium. J. Corros. Sci. Eng., Vol. 16. .
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  44. Umasankar, V., A. Ramanujan, S. Karthikeyan and M.A. Xavier, 2013. A precursor experimental study on corrosion resistant AA6061-SiCp MMC prepared through PM process using ANOVA and grey relational analysis-a novel approach. J. Corros. Sci. Eng., Vol. 16. .
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  45. Rekha, S., P.A. Jeeva, S. Karthikeyan, K.N. Srinivasan, D. Ramkumar, N. Arivazhagan and S. Narayanan, 2013. Metallization of iron powders by autocatalytic copper plating process. Mater. Manuf. Processes, 28: 905-909.
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  46. Lakshmi, N.V., N. Arivazhagan and S. Karthikeyan, 2013. The corrosion inhibition of aluminium in 3.5% NaCl by diisopropyl thiourea. Int. J. ChemTech Res., 5: 1959-1963.
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  47. Kumaran, D., M. Rajendran, P.A. Jeeva and S. Karthikeyan, 2013. Formulation of novel bio based tri fuel for IC engines. Int. J. ChemTech Res., 5: 1797-1801.
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  48. Kumar, S.H. and S. Karthikeyan, 2013. Torsemide and furosemide as green inhibitors for the corrosion of mild steel in hydrochloric acid medium. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 52: 7457-7469.
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  49. Kumar, S.H. and S. Karthikeyan, 2013. Amoxicillin as an efficient green corrosion inhibitor for mild steel in 1 M sulphuric acid. J. Mater. Environ. Sci., 4: 675-984.
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  50. Karthikeyan, S., P.A. Jeeva, N. Arivazhagan, V. Umasankar, K.N.Srinivasan and M. Paramasivam, 2013. Wear, hardness and corrosion resistance characteristics of tungsten sulfide incorporated electroless Ni-P coatings. Proc. Eng., 64: 720-726.
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  51. Karthikeyan, S., P.A. Jeeva, N. Arivazhagan, V. Raj and S. Narayanan, 2013. Improvement of corrosion resistance of anodized aluminium surfaces. J. Corros. Sci. Eng., Vol. 16. .
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  52. Karthikeyan, S., P.A. Jeeva and S. Narayanan, 2013. Corrosion inhibition of mild steel in well water: An experimental and theoretical approach. Int. J. ChemTech Res., 5: 1897-1901.
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  53. Karthikeyan, S., N. Arivazhagan, D. Ramkumar and S. Narayanan, 2013. Performance characteristics of 1, 3-diorthotolyl thiourea on the corrosion of mild steel in 5% NaCl. J. Corros. Sci. Eng., Vol. 16. .
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  54. Karthikeyan, S., N. Arivazhagan and S. Narayanan, 2013. Ethane-2- thioamido-4-amino-N-(5-methylisoxazol-3-yl)-benzene sulfonamide: A novel inhibitor for the corrosion of mild steel in 1N HCl. J. Corros. Sci. Eng., Vol. 16. .
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  55. Jeeva, P.A., S. Karthikeyan and S. Narayanan, 2013. Studies on the influence of accelerators in electroless plating process. Int. J. ChemTech Res., 4: 246-254.
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  56. Jeeva, P.A., S. Karthikeyan and S. Narayanan, 2013. Studies on high speed plating process. Int. J. ChemTech Res., 5: 1495-1501.
  57. Jeeva, P.A., S. Karthikeyan and S. Narayanan, 2013. Performance characteristics of corrosion resistant black coatings. Proc. Eng., 64: 491-496.
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  58. Jeeva, P A., S. Karthikeyan and S. Narayanan, 2013. Optimization of black coatings by electro deposition and evaluation of optical properties. Int. J. ChemTech Res., 5: 2405-2409.
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  59. Arivarasu, M., M. Manikandan, K. Gokulkumar, S. Karthikeyan, K.D. Ramkumar and N. Arivazhagan, 2013. Studies on weldment corrosion in different corrosive environments. J. Corros. Sci. Eng., Vol. 16. .
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  60. Ramkumar, K.D., N. Arivazhagan, S. Narayanan and S. Karthikeyan, 2012. Hot corrosion behavior of dissimilar GTA welded Monel 400 and AISI 304. Commun. Comput. Inform. Sci., 33: 450-457.
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  61. Nasser, A.J., V.R. Giri, S. Karthikeyan, K.N. Srinivasan and R. Karthikeyan, 2012. Corrosion inhibition of copper in acid medium using a new organic sulphide compound. Der Chemica Sinica, 3: 402-412.
  62. Kumar, S.H., S. Karthikeyan, S. Narayanan and K.N. Srinivasan, 2012. Inhibition effect of Amoxycillin drug on the corrosion of mild steel in 1 N hydrochloric acid solution. Int. J. ChemTech. Res., 4: 1077-1084.
  63. Kumar, S.H., S. Karthikeyan, P.A. Jeeva and G. Sundaramali, 2012. A review on corrosion inhibition of aluminium with special reference to green inhibitors. Int. J. Recent Scient. Res., 3: 61-67.
  64. Karthikeyan, S., X. Hu, P.A. Jeeva, S. Harikumar and S. Narayanan, 2012. The inhibitive action of Tolyl-3, 3 dimethyl thiourea on the corrosion of mild steel in brine water. J. Surf. Sci. Technol., 28: 101-110.
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  65. Karthikeyan, S., S. Harikumar, G. Venkatachalam, S. Narayanan and R. Venckatesh, 2012. The Inhibitive Action of Cyclohexyl thiourea on the Corrosion and Hydrogen Permeation through Mild Steel in Acidic Solutions. Int. J. ChemTech Res., 4: 1065-1071.
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  66. Karthikeyan, S., S. Harikumar, G. Venkatachalam and S. Narayanan, 2012. The influence of Isopropyl thiourea (ISPT) on the corrosion and hydrogen permeation through mild steel in acidic solutions. Int. J. ChemTech Res., 4: 910-917.
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  67. Karthikeyan, S., P.A. Jeeva, X. Hu, S. Harikumar and S. Narayanan, 2012. The influence of macro thiourea derivative on the corrosion of mild steel in marine environment. Orient. J. Chem., 28: 1443-1448.
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  68. Karthikeyan, S., P.A. Jeeva, S. Narayanan, K.N. Srinivasan and X. Hu, 2012. Quantum mechanical approach for electroless plating process. Surf. Eng., 28: 743-746.
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  69. Karthikeyan, S., P.A. Jeeva, J. Jerobin, A. Mukherjee and N. Chandrasekaran, 2012. Formulation and characterization of nanoemulsion coatings from Azadirachta Indica. Int. J. ChemTech Res., 4: 1566-1570.
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  70. Karthikeyan, S., N. Arivazhagan, S.H. Kumar, P.A. Jeeva, S. Narayanan and K.N. Srinivasan, 2012. Dicyclohexyl thiourea as an inhibitor for the Corrosion of mild steel in salt water. Int. J. Chem. Sci., 10: 2139-2150.
  71. Jeeva, P.A., S. Karthikeyan and S. Narayanan, 2012. A review on electrodeposition of hard chrome plating. J. Chem. Res. Lett., 1: 10-14.
  72. Jeeva, P.A., S. Harikumar, S. Karthikeyan, S. Narayanan, A. Mukherjee and N. Chandrasekaran, 2012. Quantum mechanical studies of thio compounds on the corrosion inhibition of mild steel in acidic media. Int. J. PharmaTech Res., 4: 1422-1427.
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  73. Harikumar, S. and S. Karthikeyan, 2012. The inhibitive action of cloxacillin drug on the corrosion of mild steel in HCl medium. J. Mater. Environ. Stud., 5: 925-934.
  74. Harikumar, S. and S. Karthikeyan, 2012. The influence of Ampicillin on the corrosion inhibition of mild steel in 1N HCl solution. Int. J. Curr. Res. Rev., 4: 96-96.
  75. Arivazhagan, N., K.D. Ramkumar, S. Karthikeyan, M. Manikandan, S. Narayanan and S. Surendra, 2012. A comparative study of oxidation and hot corrosion of electron beam welded low alloy steel and stainless steel in different corrosive environments. Commun. Comput. Inform. Sci., 330: 442-449.
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  76. Arivazhagan, N., K.D. Ramkumar, S. Karthikeyan , M. Manikandan, S. Narayanan and S. Surendra, 2012. Hot corrosion studies on gas tungsten arc welded AISI 304 and AISI 4140 dissimilar joints. Commun. Comput. Inform. Sci., 330: 436-441.
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  77. Karthikeyan, S., G. Venkatachalam, K.N. Srinivasan and S. Narayanan, 2011. Development of electroless Ni-P-B4C composite coatings. J. Electroplating Finishing, 30: 16-16.
  78. Karthikeyan, S., G. Venkatachalam, K.N. Srinivasan and S. Narayanan, 2011. Development of Electroless Ni-P-Barite Composite Coatings. J. Electroplating Finishing, 30: 31-34.
  79. Karthikeyan, S., G. Venkatachalam, K.N. Srinivasan and S. Narayanan, 2011. Characteristics of Zinc-Cr2O3 composite coatings. J. Electroplating Finishing, 30: 12-12.
  80. Bharath, K., G. Venkatachalam, S. Karthikeyan, S. Narayanan and C. Pandivelan, 2011. Preparation of metalized gongura fiber-reinforced general purpose resin composite by Electroless nickel plating process. J. Electroplating Finishing, 30: 29-31.
  81. Karthikeyan, S., K.N. Srinivasan, T. Vasudevan and S. John, 2006. Impedance measurements for electroless nickel plating process. Portugaliae Electrochimica Acta, 24: 405-413.
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  82. Karthikeyan, S. and M.A. Neelakandan, 2006. Characteristics of electroless Ni-P-graphite composite coatings. Electroplating Finishing, 25: 1-4.
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  83. Karthikeyan, S., K.N. Srinivasan, T. Vasudevan and S. John, 2005. Parametric studies on Electroless Ni-P-MoS2 composite coatings. J. Surf. Eng., 2: 72-75.
  84. Srinivasan, K.N., S. Karthikeyan and T. Vasudevan, 2004. Hydrogen permeation measurements for electroless nickel plating process. Electroplating Finishing, 23: 1-6.
  85. Srinivasan, K.N., S. John S. Karthikeyan and T. Vasudevan, 2003. Studies on electroless Ni-P-MoS2 composite coatings. Trans. Metal Finishers Assoc. India, 12: 143-146.
  86. Muralidharan, S., K. Madhavan, S. Karthikeyan and S.V. Iyer, 2002. Influence of anions on corrosion inhibition and hydrogen permeation through mild steel in acidic solutions in the presence of p-tolyl thiourea. Indian J. Chem. Technol., 9: 68-73.
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  87. Karthikeyan, S., T. Vasudevan, K.N. Srinivasan and S. John, 2002. Studies on formaldehyde-free electroless copper deposition. Plating Surf. Finishing, 89: 54-56.
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  88. Karthikeyan, S., S. Rengamani and S.V.K. Iyer, 2001. N-N ethylene thiourea as an inhibitor for the corrosion of mild steel in acidic solutions. J. Electrochem. Soc. India, 47: 145-145.
  89. Karthikeyan, S., K.N. Srinivasan, T. Vasudevan, A. Gopalan, G. Paruthimalkalaignan and S. John, 2001. Characterization of electrolessly deposited nickel-phosphorous-silicon carbide composite coatings. Bull. Electrochem., 17: 127-130.
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  90. Karthikeyan, S., A. Muthumeenal, T. Vasudevan, K.N. Srinivasan and S. John, 2001. Studies on electroless nickel-molybdenum-phosphorus alloy deposition. Bull. Eletrochem., 17: 91-93.
  91. Madhavan, K., S. Karthikeyan, M.A. Quraishi and S.V.K. Iyer, 2000. 1,2,4,5 tetrazo spiro (5,4) decane-3-thione as an inhibitor for the corrosion of mild steel in acidic solutions. J. Electrochem. Soc. India, 49: 183-188.
  92. Madhavan, K., S. Karthikeyan and S.V.K. Iyer, 2000. Influence of anions on corrosion inhibition and hydrogen permeation through mild steel in acid solutions in the presence of N-N'-diphenyl thiourea. J. Electrochem. Soc. India, 50: 37-41.